Twenty health centers in New York were awarded $10,541,702 in an effort to help increase access to health care for 180,886 more patients. This increase will help to employ about 5,640 more people including doctors, nurses and dental providers nationwide through the formation of new health center service delivery sites. More »

Nearly 300 businesses, unions, non-profit organizations as well as state and local governments in New York will receive reimbursements under the new health-care law for early retirees’ medical claims, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced on Monday. Among them are at least 21 beneficiaries in the Capital Region, including the cities of […] More »

New Yorkers are starting to reap the benefits of the sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system that was engineered by President Obama and Democrats in Congress five months ago. That’s the word from the White House as the Democratic administration tries to crank up election-year support for the phased-in reforms. HHS Secretary Kathleen […] More »

Insurance companies were caught in a White House PR blitzkrieg today. In his speech today at Arcadia University just outside of Philadelphia, Obama told a crowd of supporters: “My question to (insurance companies) is, ‘When is the right time? If not now, when? If not us, who?” With several members of Congress in attendance, Obama […] More »

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